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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1009 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



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PALO PINTO TX-

1009 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR PALO

PINTO COUNTY...



* AT 1009 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CENTERED 10 MILES WEST OF 

MINERAL WELLS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. RADAR INDICATES 

THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA 

WITH ANOTHER 1 INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH 1100 AM CDT.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

INCLUDE POSSUM KINGDOM STATE PARK...MINERAL WELLS...GRAFORD AND

GORDON.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO

UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY

MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO

REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...

MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. IT

ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY

VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR

DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD

RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3294 9854 3295 9843 3300 9840 3300 9807

      3251 9806 3254 9854 3293 9857

TIME...MOT...LOC 1316Z 230DEG 29KT 3278 9833



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